NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, told the Security Council on Wednesday that the protection of children in armed conflict “is not simply a legal obligation imposed by international humanitarian law” but “primarily a collective humanitarian responsibility.” The council reviewed the UN secretary-general’s latest annual report on children and armed conflict, which found for the first time in three decades that government forces, not non-state armed groups, were responsible for the highest number of child casualties.

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, told the Security Council on Wednesday that the protection of children in armed conflict “is not…

Saudi Arabia told the UN Security Council that protecting children in armed conflicts is a shared responsibility, urging urgent action to safeguard children in Gaza and other…